Recent content by Itchy Dog

We adopted this Happy girl a little over 8 years ago. She had a rough start, having been abandoned two times in the first year and a half of her life. She was an amazing and constant companion (although she never accompanied me while fishing—preferred the couch instead). We had to say goodbye to...

OMJ was a gift to the old forum. I had some PM’s from him way back and he was very generous with his old-school version of GPS coordinates when it came to finding some skinny water up the Beckler. While I never met him in person, we were friends on the Facebooks and I believe that’s where I...

Holy shite those guys are lucky to have made it out. The footage of the fire blowing up over the ridge below them is scary as hell!

Besides fly fishing, which I do only sporadically anymore, I like to ride bikes. Mainly mountain bikes. My wife has no hobbies and we needed something to do together so a few months ago she got an old ladies style ebike so we could ride together. Well, it’s not much fun riding on gravel paths on...

Add the Santa Cruz Bronson to your list. It’s a great all arounder and as of 2021 (I believe) comes with a mixed (MX) wheelset (mullet): 29er (business) up front and 27.5 (party) in the rear. In other words you get the best of both worlds in rollover ability with the larger front wheel and...

I guess the secret is out. Rumor has it a salmonfly was spotted recently along the Yakima.

Crickets. Apparently nobody fishes the Yakima anymore 😆

It wasn’t a weekend, but I had a pretty decent day on the lower Beaverhead two weeks ago today. Everything else in SW Montana was pretty well blown out, although not as bad as it would get a week later.